THE GOD-MAN The Life, Journeys and Work of Meher Baba with an ...

THE FINAL DECLARATION 251OM. That is the seventh shadow of that Word. The Sanskrit language is based on OM, I personally preferPersian.' He said of another record: 'Some of you may like the singer's voice, others may not. She is thegreatest Indian Qawali singer. She always sings about lovers of God. Here she sings about masts who, inlove for God, have discarded everything and appear as mad. The mast says to the Beloved:If you want to make me mad for you, do so; but don't make me a laughing-stock. Oh you people of theworld, who think me mad, and throw stones at me, if you were fortunate enough to have this love, you alsowould be mad like me.Oh you, who talk of loving God, you have to bow down to him as though at every step,every particle of dust were a threshold to the Beloved.A Persian record of Hafiz's poem was played, and Baba interpreted:"Do not procrastinate. Start to love from this very moment.Do not forget the Beloved even for one instant."Baba explained that the Master of Hafiz, whose name was Fariduddin Attar, had long tresses of blackhair. Hafiz says in the following poem:Do not let your hair flow freely as my heart receives an arrow fromevery hair.O Beloved! These tears that I shed are tears of blood so precious that you should consider them aspearls and wear them as earrings.God says, O Lover of Mine, if you want to enter My Lane (Path),first let your head roll under My feet and be kicked by Me as a ball.The lover says: I have been killed by your Love, and yet you cruelBeloved, you do not even glance at me.Baba said: 'So today we have tried to love God, we talked of love and heard songs of love. I am themost busy in the world. I have to look after the details of these meetings, and work on all planes. Yet I amthe most inactive. Today we resolve that we must love God at any cost, and the most practical way to do itI will tell you at the next meeting.'Baba was present during luncheon. He saw a number of the party, and then left, walking down the hill.Next day, Monday 20 September, the party had to get up at 5 a.m. and be at Ahmednagar at 7, wherewith Baba and some of the mandali,